Who had March 12 in the Giambi injury pool?

Tyler Kepner tells us that Jason Giambi asked out of the Yanks’ trip to St. Petersburg today, citing a minor lower back issue. The Giambino has been known to aggravate his back in the past, especially when manning first base. He’s been doing this a lot during the spring. Hopefully, a day or so of rest gets him back on track.

But, but, but. Giambi came into camp in the best shape of life. Wasn’t he supposed to be immune to injury?

marc

Those parasites must be back at it again…

Chris

or the juice..

Neil

I love Giambi, so I’m definitely biased, but if he can recapture his opposite field swing we stand a good chance to get 400+ ABs from a .300 hitter with .400+ OBP. That’s the kind of production we haven’t seen since Giambi kicked Tino out of the Bronx.

Giambi said he was simply worn down a bit by the more strenuous work the Yankees have been doing in spring training. “I’m going too good now,” Giambi said. “I don’t want to mess that up. I’ll be fine.”

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